Chapter 466 - 464: Crossing the River

"Since you’re asking about the Creation of the Other Shore, you must know a few things. Be it the Night Sea or the Black Sea, it’s impossible to cross without a Ferry Boat. If I’m not mistaken, you’re carrying the Treasure Ship left behind by your patriarch!" Li Qiye said unhurriedly.

These few casual words scared Master Dazhi witless. Their patriarch had indeed left behind such a Treasure Ship. It wasn’t an Immortal Emperor’s Treasure, so it had been locked away in the Treasure Vault of Mingdu Marsh, and even the disciples of Mingdu Marsh had rarely seen it. Now, for an outsider like Li Qiye to describe it as if it were his own family heirloom, how could it not make Master Dazhi jump in fright?

"This... This..." Master Dazhi wrung his hands, looking extremely awkward, not knowing what to say.

Li Qiye cut him off and said flatly, "Alright, no need to be nervous. I’m not here to borrow your Treasure Ship. A small problem like this is nothing to me. If I want to cross, it’s a simple matter. I know you’ve brought a few things with you, but I’m warning you, don’t even think about going after that Creation. Even if you managed to obtain it, Mingdu Marsh would be annihilated within half a year! Mingdu Marsh may be powerful, but there are some things you cannot afford to provoke. Don’t let your patriarch’s life’s work go to waste. Don’t let an entire Emperor’s Lineage be buried by your hands!"

"Is it really that terrifying?" Master Dazhi couldn’t help but ask.

Li Qiye shot him a cold glance. "Heh, Monk, forget you. Even if your patriarch, the Mingdu Immortal Emperor, were still alive, he would have to think twice. Some things are far beyond your imagination!"

Master Dazhi’s heart trembled. He couldn’t help but recall the warning his patriarch had left in his secret records. ’Even my patriarch had to leave a special warning... just what kind of terrible thing is it?’

"Hee hee, Mr. Li, rest assured. This humble monk knows when to advance and when to retreat, what’s important and what’s not," Master Dazhi said with a wide grin. "If there’s nothing else, may this humble monk take his leave?"

"What, not coming with us?" Li Qiye eyed him sideways.

Master Dazhi gave a dry laugh and said with a grin, "Well, um, I... I have some business to attend to. I’ll get going, I’ll get going."

Seeing his awkward expression, Li Qiye couldn’t help but laugh and ask, "Hiding from your wife?"

Master Dazhi’s old face flushed slightly red. He chuckled dryly. "Heh, well, I need to change my outfit. Otherwise, it’ll be a real problem if I get caught. A real problem."

"Don’t like your wife?" Li Qiye glanced at him with a smile.

"No, no, absolutely not." Master Dazhi was clearly startled. Under Li Qiye’s teasing gaze, he could only say helplessly, "Actually... actually, it’s not like that. My senior sister and I grew up together, and we have a very good relationship. It’s just... just that a while ago, the Elders in the sect wanted me to be the successor. Heh, they wanted me and my senior sister to become a couple first, so she could help me manage the sect."

"Oh, I see." Li Qiye nodded. "You’ve got cold feet. But really, for a man to run away at the last minute... that’s pretty pathetic. Are you even a man?"

Master Dazhi was utterly mortified. With a dry laugh, he said, "Mr. Li, this humble monk is off." The moment he finished speaking, his figure flashed and vanished without a trace.

"Mingdu Marsh..." Li Qiye smiled but said nothing more.

Li Qiye had always had a good impression of Mingdu Marsh. Although back in that era, he had kept his promise and neither nurtured nor guided the Mingdu Immortal Emperor, the Immortal Emperor had still respected him as a mentor. It was precisely because he, as the Yin Ya, had intervened that the Mingdu Immortal Emperor was able to leave Fengdu City. Li Qiye had also contributed greatly to the incredible Creation he obtained.

This laid an incredibly solid foundation for the Mingdu Immortal Emperor after he left Fengdu City, becoming the cornerstone for his later ascent to the peak and his contention for the Celestial Mandate.

Before they knew it, Li Qiye had led Qiu Rong Wanxue to the edge of the Golden Ocean. They were now quite close to the school of Night Sun Fish, so close that the splashes from the millions of fish could even reach them.

Their actions drew the attention of many people, who all turned to look at the pair.

"What are they doing?" Most people, however, only watched from a great distance. Few young Cultivators were willing to get close to a battlefield like this, let alone draw infinitely near. That was simply courting death. Once the Heaven-Devouring Fish King and the giant dark shadow began to fight, even the strongest Cultivator would be swept up by the aftershocks of the confrontation and annihilated.

"Are they trying to cross?" someone couldn’t help but guess.

"They’re courting death!" Prince Shen Ran sneered, watching Li Qiye and his companion from afar.

At this moment, even geniuses of the younger generation like Qing Jinzi and the Ghost Monk were watching them from a distance. Many people wanted to cross the Black Sea before them, and many had tried, but not a single one had succeeded.

"Fei Cangqiong, the successor of the Flying Nether Ghost Clan, is hailed as the fastest person alive. He once claimed he could fly across any place in the world, but didn’t he also try to fly across not long ago? And what was the result? He still ended up drowning in the Black Sea," someone poured cold water on the idea. "A mere Human Race ant wants to fly across? That’s just a fool’s dream."

In fact, before this, many people had tried various methods. Some wanted to fly across, while others wanted to use Treasure Artifacts to rush through, but nothing worked. The moment anyone stepped into the domain of the Black Sea, regardless of who they were or what kind of Treasure Artifacts they possessed, they would fall in and drown.

After several Ghost Race geniuses had failed, no one dared to try and force their way across the Black Sea anymore. Everyone was now trying to find other methods.

Li Qiye gazed at the giant dark shadow on the Black Sea from afar, then narrowed his eyes, staring at the tens of thousands of Ferrymen and Ferry Boats behind it.

From Li Qiye’s expression, Qiu Rong Wanxue guessed what he wanted to do and couldn’t help but ask worriedly, "Can we make it across?"

"Don’t worry, it’s a piece of cake." Li Qiye smiled. He had already chosen his target. He then instructed, "Hold on tight. I’m going."

Qiu Rong Wanxue’s pretty face blushed, but she did as she was told, stretching out her arms and wrapping them tightly around Li Qiye’s sturdy waist.

Li Qiye took a deep breath, shifted Qiu Rong Wanxue in front of him, and wrapped his arms tightly around her slender waist. The two were now locked in a tight, face-to-face embrace.

Such an intimate posture, pressed tightly against the Young Master’s chest, made Qiu Rong Wanxue’s entire body burn with heat.

However, Li Qiye was in no mood to enjoy the beautiful woman in his arms at this moment. With a deep cry, his Blood Qi surged as he unleashed "Thousand Hands Reverse Nine Realms." A thousand hands and ten thousand arms appeared behind him, as if holding up the Three Thousand Worlds.

One pair of these hands drew the Nine-Word True Bow. A Law Divine Arrow was nocked, and the bowstring was slowly pulled taut.

This True Word Arrow was the last of the Nine True Words—the "Go" True Word. At this moment, it transformed into an Order Law, an unsurpassed Divine Arrow brimming with the infinite Power of Truth.

"They’re really going for it!" Seeing this from afar, the crowd of young Cultivators burst into an uproar.

’Will they succeed?’ Many people secretly hoped that Li Qiye would be successful. So many had tried and failed before, driving the crowd to the brink of despair. If he could successfully cross the Black Sea, it would at least prove that it wasn’t entirely impossible.

"Hmph, ignorant fool. Just you wait, you’ll die without a burial place!" Of course, there were also those who hoped for Li Qiye to fail, and Prince Shen Ran was one of them.

FWOOSH! Li Qiye finally loosed the "Go" arrow. The True Word Divine Arrow instantly tore through the void, spanning across eons.

The instant the arrow was shot, Li Qiye vanished. Qiu Rong Wanxue vanished as well. It was as if the two of them had disappeared into thin air, evaporated from the face of the earth.

This arrow seemed to cross from the present to antiquity, to shoot from this time and space into another. It seemed to have flown beyond this world, vanishing without a trace.

"Where did they go?" The many young Cultivators watching from afar were startled. They all looked around, searching for any sign of the pair.

It all happened too fast. In a flash, the arrow pierced through space and shot through a Ferryman’s head. He didn’t even have a chance to react before he pitched headfirst into the Black Sea, sinking beneath the waves and disappearing.

And then, the impossible happened: Li Qiye and Qiu Rong Wanxue appeared on that Ferry Boat. Their posture was completely unchanged; they were still locked in a tight embrace.

"Impossible!" The crowd was stunned. Someone even jumped up in disbelief.

In truth, the idea of seizing a Ferry Boat wasn’t something only Li Qiye had thought of. Others had considered it long before, but it was simply impossible. Even if they bombarded the area with powerful Treasure Artifacts, their artifacts couldn’t even reach the Ferrymen. The moment they entered the domain of the Black Sea, the artifacts would become completely unresponsive.

Of course, Li Qiye’s Nine-Word True Bow was not something their Treasure Artifacts could compare to. As long as he loosed the "Go" arrow, it could instantly carry him away. No matter what kind of seal or Defying Heaven blockade was in place, nothing could stop this arrow.

That was why Li Qiye had locked onto a Ferryman as his target. When the "Go" arrow shot out, it not only pierced the Ferryman’s head in an instant but also carried Li Qiye and Qiu Rong Wanxue to the Ferry Boat in that same instant.

’Unfortunately, I can’t lock onto the Other Shore. Otherwise, with the "Go" arrow’s heaven-defying power, I might have been able to carry us both there in a single shot.’

Li Qiye had successfully seized a Ferry Boat, leaving everyone utterly shaken. It was a completely impossible task, yet he had actually succeeded.

"To make an enemy of the Ferrymen... he’s courting death!" Prince Shen Ran was both shocked and furious, but he quickly let out a cold sneer.

Everyone knew that attacking a Ferryman would invite a fatal disaster. In Fengdu City, making an enemy of the Ghost Envoys or the Ferrymen would absolutely never end well.

And indeed, that was the case. The moment Li Qiye successfully seized the boat, the giant dark shadow instantly erupted with a terrifying aura, and the tens of thousands of Ferrymen immediately fixed their gazes on Li Qiye.

"It’s over! That brat’s going to be torn limb from limb and eaten alive by all those Ferrymen!" someone cried out in alarm.